Chris Coghlan's diving grab on the left-field warning track with two on and one out in the top of the 11th kept it a tie game. Joey Votto followed and made it irrelevant.

Votto's base hit, one of three Dan Meyer allowed during a 33-pitch 11th, knocked in the first of two Reds runs to give them their second consecutive win over the Marlins, 10-8, in extras at Sun Life Stadium Tuesday.

"The game situation ÃÂ it was all out," said Coghlan, who then watched Votto line a ball that glanced off a leaping Hanley Ramirez's glove at short.

As was the case in the series opener, the Marlins tied it late but could not complete the comeback. Cody Ross knotted it with a three-run homer in the eighth. It would have positioned Leo Nunez for a ninth-inning save had Jose Veras not given up three hits, including back-to-back doubles, as part of a two-run Reds eighth. Veras has allowed runs in each of his four appearances for an unsightly 15.43 ERA.

Well after the game, manager Fredi Gonzalez was sealed up in his office with owner Jeffrey Loria, President of Baseball Operations Larry Beinfest, General Manager Michael Hill and Director of Player Development Brian Chattin. The Marlins did not announce any roster moves, but it may not be long before they shake up the bullpen.

"It's a heck of a team coming back night after night," starter Nate Robertson said. "I haven't seen anything like it. ÃÂ You kind of want to win them the traditional way too sometimes instead of backing our hitters into a corner every night."

Nobody puts Jorge Cantu in a corner. With his fifth-inning, two-out, RBI single to right, Cantu earned a spot in the record books. He joined George Kelly (1921), Willie McCovey (1969) and Tony Oliva (1970) as the only players to open a season with an RBI in eight consecutive games. Cantu can take sole ownership of that mark with an RBI Wednesday night.

"I'm speechless," Cantu said. "What a great accomplishment."

Tuesday, Cantu knocked in Ramirez, who slid in just ahead of catcher Ryan Hanigan's tag, to cap a four-run fifth off Reds starter Bronson Arroyo. The Marlins trailed by as many as five after Robertson served up the second of two three-run homers in the fourth.

Cantu has 13 RBI, a mark he didn't reach during last season's 100-RBI campaign until April 28, the club's 20th game. No Marlin had knocked in 13 through the club's first eight games. Dan Uggla held the previous mark with 12 in 2009.

Two of the five hits Robertson allowed over five innings left the park. Jonny Gomes and Hanigan's homers in the second and fourth innings, respectively, both came with two on.

The Orlando Cabrera shot off Meyer looked like it might be headed out too before Coghlan, who was playing in with one out and the go-ahead run on second, tracked it down.

"You don't see that every day," Cantu said. "I thought he was going to save that inning."